Marble vase cover
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
circa 1750 - 1780
Materials
Marble
Measurements
370 mm (Height); 520 mm (Diameter)
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Osterley Park and House, London
NT 772411.1.2
Summary
Marble cover for matching vase (NT 772411.1.1), with wreath decoration and urn and finial handle.
Provenance
Probably acquired as part of Robert Adam's remodeling of the Marble Hall in the 1760s. First recorded in the 1782 inventory of Osterley Park as in the Marble Hall where it has remained ever since. Purchased from George Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (1910-1998) by HM Government in 1949 for the Nation and vested in the Victoria and Albert Museum; transferred to the National Trust in 2002.
Credit line
National Trust Collections (Osterley Park, The Jersey Collection)
References
Tomlin, 1986: Maurice Tomlin. “The 1782 inventory of Osterley Park.” Furniture History 22 (1986): pp.107-134., p. 122 'Four elegant Marble Vases with Basic Relieve figures on carved and painted Pedestals'.